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Please Note: Go to HOME PAGE to view provocative trailer for [amazon_link id="0982500203" target="_blank" container="" container_class=" ]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link] filmed by award winning cinematographer.

Scene from "The House on Black Lake" Trailer

 [amazon_link id="0982500203" target="_blank" container="" container_class= ]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link] explore a woman's experience as she is lured into a seductive web of intrigue and deceit, and held a virtual prisoner on Black Lake. Although Alexandra Brighton takes the trip to the exclusive enclave of summer homes outside Montreal on her own volition, to find resolution to her obession with charismatic Ramey Sandeley, she does not initially realize there is no way out. By the time she recognizes there are sinister forces at work she is essentially kidnapped and forced to confront the dark forces at play within the shadows of the lake, and well as inside her own heart. In the end Alexandra must must make a dramatic personal transformation is she is to survive.

The subject of kidnap is a popular theme in romantic literature. Some of the most popular are as follows, in no particular order.

[amazon_link id="0671795538" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Perfect[/amazon_link] by Judith McNaught

[amazon_link id="0425217620" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Unlawful Contact [/amazon_link]by Pamela Clare

[amazon_link id="044661114X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lone Rider [/amazon_link]by Lauren Bach

[amazon_link id="0451224183" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Comanche Moon[/amazon_link] by Catherine Anderson

[amazon_link id="0671737821" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Honor's Splendour[/amazon_link] by Julie Garwood

[amazon_link id="0843944625" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Silken Savage[/amazon_link] by Catherine Hart

[amazon_link id="0505523868" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Night Flame[/amazon_link] by Catherine Hart

[amazon_link id="0553297511" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Hawk O'Toole's Hostage[/amazon_link] by Sandra Brown

[amazon_link id="0380805863" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]His Wicked Ways [/amazon_link]by Samantha James

[amazon_link id="0671737619" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Kingdom of Dreams[/amazon_link] by Judith McNaught

[amazon_link id="0671019724" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Touch of Fire[/amazon_link] by Linda Howard

[amazon_link id="0821728644" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Cheyenne Song[/amazon_link] by Georgina Gentry

[amazon_link id="0821735608" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Apache Caress[/amazon_link] by Georgina Gentry

[amazon_link id="0425216616" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Tanner's Scheme[/amazon_link] by Lora Leigh

[amazon_link id="0380810719" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Abduction of Julia[/amazon_link] by Karen Hawkins

[amazon_link id="050552208X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Darker Dream[/amazon_link] by Amanda Ashley

[amazon_link id="037327047X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Twilight Illusions[/amazon_link] by Maggie Shayne

[amazon_link id="0821769286" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Knight Triumphant[/amazon_link] by Shannon Drake

[amazon_link id="0821747967" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Princess of Fire[/amazon_link] by Shannon Drake

[amazon_link id="0821747940" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lie Down in Roses[/amazon_link] by Shannon Drake

[amazon_link id="067179339X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Masquerade in the Moonlight[/amazon_link] by Kasey Michaels

[amazon_link id="B001BHJNNQ" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Bride of the Beast[/amazon_link] by Teresa Medeiros

[amazon_link id="0553590146" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Thief of Hearts[/amazon_link] by Teresa Medeiros

[amazon_link id="143915788X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Devil Wears Plaid[/amazon_link] by Teresa Medeiros

[amazon_link id="0380813009" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]One Man's Love[/amazon_link] by Karen Ranney

[amazon_link id="0373837585" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Heart of Winter[/amazon_link] (Anthology) with Maggie Shayne

[amazon_link id="0373775350" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Nymph King[/amazon_link]by Gena Showalter

[amazon_link id="0373775253" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Heart of the Dragon[/amazon_link] by Gena Showalter

[amazon_link id="B00413PIUY" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Captain's Price[/amazon_link] by Lyla Sinclair

[amazon_link id="0373163983" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Night of the Phantom [/amazon_link]by Anne Stuart

[amazon_link id="0373291574" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Gallant Waif[/amazon_link] by Anne Gracie

[amazon_link id="038075620X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Night Fire[/amazon_link] by Catherine Coulter

[amazon_link id="0451210689" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Uncommon Vows[/amazon_link] by Mary Jo Putney

[amazon_link id="1611940109" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Hawk [/amazon_link]by Monica McCarty

[amazon_link id="0553568612" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Quest[/amazon_link] by Juliana Garnett

[amazon_link id="0449002470" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Pirate Prince[/amazon_link], Ascention Trilogy, by Galen Foley

[amazon_link id="B0040RMF6G" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Spymaster's Lady[/amazon_link] by Joanna Bourne

[amazon_link id="0451222350" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lover Unbound[/amazon_link], Black Brotherhood Trilogy, Number 5, J.R. Ward

[amazon_link id="038079747X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Pirate Lord[/amazon_link] Lord Trilogy 1, by Sabrina Jeffries

[amazon_link id="0778328481" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Ruthless[/amazon_link], The House of Rohan, by Anne Stuart

[amazon_link id="0553576275" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Scotsman[/amazon_link] by Juliana Garnett

[amazon_link id="0505525143" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Savage Heat[/amazon_link] by Nan Ryan

[amazon_link id="0843947233" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Night Raven[/amazon_link] by Elaine Barbieri

[amazon_link id="0821721593" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Untamed Captive[/amazon_link]by Elaine Barbieri

[amazon_link id="0380777045" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]This Fierce Loving[/amazon_link] by Judith French

[amazon_link id="161756091X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Panther's Prey[/amazon_link] by Doreen Owens

[amazon_link id="1575660687" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Captive [/amazon_link] by Colleen Faulkner

[amazon_link id="0380792052" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Destiny's Warrior [/amazon_link]by Kit Dee

[amazon_link id="1419958291" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Lakota Love Song [/amazon_link]by Madeline Baker

[amazon_link id="B004HILQ8Q" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The Falcon and the Dove[/amazon_link] by Bonnie Vanak
[amazon_link id="1419964321" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Northman's Passion[/amazon_link] by Kate Hill
[amazon_link id="0373029411" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Whirlpool of Passion[/amazon_link] by Emma Darcy

[amazon_link id="0758234651" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]In the Warrior's Bed[/amazon_link] by Mary Wine

Alexandra is kidnapped to island by Andre Labat

Please Note: The House on Black Lake has been adapted to screenplay. Go to Home Page to view provocative trailer filmed by award winning cinematographer.

Crazy, jealous, obsessive scene from The House on Black Lake.

The House on Black Lake teems with jealousy and obsession.  World-weary Alexandra Brighton travels with son Samuel to visit the man who has haunted her heart for years. She seeks resolution to an obsession that has brought her former life to ruin. But the fire is only stoked by charismatic Ramey Sandeley. Ramey is a man who has never heard the word "no" and expects life to give him everything he desires.

But he has never tasted the drug of love or any desire beyond the physical. The feelings awakened in him by Alexandra are twisted to jealous rage when he learns she has given herself to seductive young French artist Andre Labat.  When she returns to the house he confronts her and threatens to administer a whipping for her discretion. This is only the beginning of a battle of wills that will lead the couple to the edge of destruction and threaten the safety of those caught in their orbit.

Yet, they are not the only ones driven by obsessive feelings. The lake's inhabitants are caught in tormented web of frustrated desire and and the drive to create unity at any cost.

Fifty Shades of Grey joins a long line of dark lovers.  Crazy in love, jealous, obsessive, possessive males make intense romance heroes.  The top alpha picks (taken from personal surveys and popular romance forums) can be found in the following novels, in no particular order.

And, I've added my new Historic Romance, The Chamber of Curiosities to the list, set in an ancient carnival teaming powerful, dangerous alpha males

1. A Rose to the Fallen  by April Bostic

2.The Smoke Thief  by Shana Abe

3. Queen of Dragons by Shana Abe

4. Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

5. Dark Desire from the Carpathian's Series by Christine Feehan

6. Halfway to the Grave Night Huntress Series, Book One by Jeaniene Frost

7. The Game Series Complete Collection by Christine Feehan

8.  Guild Hunter Series by Nalini Singh

9.  Dangerous Games Tempting Seals Serices by Lora Leigh

10. Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh

11. Darkyn Series by Lynn Viehn

12. KGI Serices by Maya Banks

13. Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice

14. Bitten, Women of the Otherworld Book 1 by Kelley Armstrong

15. Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison

16, Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

17.  A Hunger Like No Other by Kresly Cole

18. Forever Mine The Moreno Brothers 1 by Elizabeth Reyes

18. Always Been Mine The Moreno Brothers 11 by Elizabeth Reyes

19. Under the Cowboy's Control by Lynda Chance

20. Blackmailed into Bed by Lynda Chance

21. The Madness of Lord Ian McKenzie by Jennifer Ashley

22. Tempt the Devil by Anna Campbell

23. Playing Easy To Get Immortals After Dark 1 by Kresly cole

24. Pleasure of a Dark Prince Immortals After Dark Series by Kresley Cole

25. Clockwork Angel The Infernal Devices, book 1 by Cassandra Clare

26. One Bite With A Stranger The Others Book 6, by Christine Warren

27. Submissive Desiresby Carolyn Faukner -  SD chronicles a woman's journey of complete submission under control of dominant ex navy seal. The book is erotic and too extreme for most, but well written  for those who enjoy or desire insights into world of BDSM.

I was recently interviewed about obsessive, possessive love.  Here are my thoughts.